Mrs OBumble wrote: » And likely to become quite dodgy at night if there aren't lots of people using the car-parks there.
dinneenp wrote: » Isn't the obvious place for a market, be it artists, food or whatever the large space down by the docks where Funderland is now? I think a great addition to Galway would be a space for artists, photographers, painters etc. displaying and selling their stuff. Throw in a few food stalls and a few other bits
galwaycyclist wrote: » Disagree I'm afraid. All the classic city centre markets that I can think of (Munich etc) are associated in some way with a pedestrian area or vehicle restricted zone.
galwaycyclist wrote: » Disagree I'm afraid. All the classic city centre markets that I can think of (Munich etc) are associated in some way with a pedestrian area or vehicle restricted zone. The docks is separated from the rest of the city by two hostile - two lane - one way streets. The whole idea of a market is that it is a place people can stroll around. I don't think the docks ticks those boxes.
antoobrien wrote: » Shop street is reasonably wide - would a Moore St/Henry St style market look out of place?
jkforde wrote: » on that basis nothing would be tried in the interest of the vast majority in case a tiny minority of teenagers become rowdy. I suppose it's one model on how we should develop our society.
Mrs OBumble wrote: » And that's without even mentioning the vehicle access issues that traders woudl have with getting their stalls and goods along the narrow streets and into the Newtonsmith site. (You have seen the rigs that many of the folks at St Nicholas use, haven't you.)
what_traffic wrote: » It's the Bowling Green Car park - not the Newtonsmith site that is being suggested. There is far more room in Bowling Green area for vechicle's to manouver than at St Nicholas Church. Re Dock's Site - is this land in public or private ownership? Reason for suggesting Bowling Green Car park is that the City Council own it.
churchview wrote: » Is the Bowling Green one not the same as the Newtownsmith one? It borders both. It is council owned. The only other one nearby is the one next to the Connacht Tribune (granted it backs onto Bowling Green, but with no vehicular or pedestrian access), but isn't that privately owned? At least it was until recently.
inisboffin wrote: » It would have to be stuff on the stalls that is not sold in the shops. Otherwise there's be many objections. And Shop St is a good bit narrower imo. Half the character of Moore St was the semi-illegality of it for years, along with the odd bit of contraband at certain times of the year. Can't see it working here on Shop St tbh, just like it wouldn't have worked to the same extent on Grafton St (both more strolly/touristy streets than frantic powershop streets).
Greaney wrote: » I don't know if ye've noticed but Eyre Square (outside Supermacs), has a market, folk who had bought permits stopped using it so the traders with tacking (and tat!:o) started making their stalls bigger. Original pitches were tiny, you can see them painted on the ground still I think. It was mostly hippy jewelery sellers in the late 80's but they drifted off and I don't know what happened to their permits (issued by the local authority).
ben.schlomo wrote: » No it has stalls, anything but a market.
Mrs OBumble wrote: » Ahh, what is a market if not an area with stalls in it?
ben.schlomo wrote: » I must have higher expectations of a market than two stalls selling knock-off tat, more power to you if its your cuppa tae.
antoobrien wrote: » There are many definitions of the word market available, so I'll pick what looks like the most appropriate:an open place or a building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods
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